Butcher's Copy-editing

The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Copy-editors and Proofreaders

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Hardcover | 12 October 2006 | Edition Number 4

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558 Pages

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Since its first publication in 1975, Judith Butcher's Copy-editing has become firmly established as a classic reference guide. This fourth edition has been comprehensively revised to provide an up-to-date and clearly presented source of information for all those involved in preparing typescripts and illustrations for publication. From the basics of how to prepare text and illustrations for the designer and typesetter, through the ground rules of house style, to how to read and correct proofs, Copy-editing covers all aspects of the editorial process. New and revised features: â¢ up-to-date advice on indexes, inclusive language, reference systems and preliminary pages â¢ a chapter devoted to on-screen copy-editing â¢ guidance on digital coding and publishing in other media such as e-books â¢ updated to take account of modern typesetting and printing technology â¢ an expanded section on law books â¢ an essential tool for new and experienced copy-editors, working freelance or in-house.

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'... excellent ...'. Neil Paterson, The Bookseller 'This is a monument to clarity and clear thinking: a master class in what is fast becoming a lost art ... no printer should be without this book. No publisher. No editor and certainly no self-publisher.' Writer's Forum 'It is described as a handbook for editors, copy-editors and proofreaders, and it ought to be in the reference section of your public library. It is one book I never lend.' Writers Forum

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List of illustrations	p. viii
Preface to the fourth edition	p. ix
Preface to the third edition	p. x
Preface to the second edition	p. xii
Preface to the first edition	p. xii
Acknowledgements	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
What is copy-editing?	p. 1
Typescripts: hard-copy, electronic and camera-ready	p. 5
Capturing the text electronically	p. 7
Typescripts corrected by the author	p. 10
Author-generated camera-ready copy and print-ready files	p. 13
Copy-editing on-screen	p. 15
Preliminary copy-editing, design and specimen pages	p. 17
Briefing the designer	p. 20
Preparing the text for the typesetter	p. 28
Various legal aspects	p. 28
How much copy-editing to do	p. 30
Writing to the author	p. 33
Complete, self-explanatory copy	p. 36
A well-organized and consistent book	p. 45
Marking up the typescript	p. 50
Copyright permissions and acknowledgements	p. 61
Before passing the typescript on	p. 66
Jacket and cover copy	p. 67
Illustrations	p. 69
What needs to be done	p. 75
Line illustrations	p. 80
Maps	p. 85
Graphs	p. 88
Halftones	p. 90
Proofs	p. 95
How to read proofs	p. 98
How to mark corrections	p. 101
Colour-coding corrections	p. 103
Minimizing corrections and costs	p. 105
The author's corrected proof	p. 106
Collating the proofs	p. 106
Second proof	p. 113
Press proof	p. 114
Jacket or cover proof	p. 115
After passing proofs for press	p. 115
House style	p. 117
Abbreviations	p. 117
Bias and parochialisms	p. 122
Capitalization	p. 126
Cross-references	p. 129
Dates and time	p. 130
Foreign languages	p. 133
Italic	p. 137
Measurements	p. 141
Money	p. 141
Numbers	p. 142
Proper names	p. 147
Punctuation	p. 150
Safety	p. 158
Spelling	p. 158
Miscellaneous points	p. 162
Preliminary pages	p. 167
Half-title	p. 170
Series page	p. 170
Frontispiece	p. 171
Title page	p. 171
Verso of title page (or imprints page)	p. 172
Imprints pages for e-books	p. 179
Dedication and epigraph	p. 180
Contents list	p. 180
Other lists	p. 181
List of illustrations	p. 181
List of tables	p. 182
List of contributors	p. 183
Preface, foreword, introduction	p. 183
Acknowledgements	p. 184
List of abbreviations	p. 184
Other items	p. 184
Indexes	p. 185
What needs to be done	p. 188
General organization	p. 190
Style within the entry	p. 200
Other parts of a book	p. 207
Running heads	p. 207
Page numbers	p. 211
Headings	p. 212
Footnotes and endnotes	p. 215
Tables	p. 220
Appendixes	p. 229
Glossaries	p. 230
Bibliographical references	p. 231
Short-title system	p. 233
Author-date system	p. 257
Reference by number only	p. 264
Author-number system	p. 266
Lists of further reading	p. 266
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)	p. 268
Literary material	p. 269
Quotations	p. 269
Poetry	p. 278
Plays	p. 279
Anthologies and collections of essays	p. 283
Scholarly editions	p. 284
Translations	p. 291
Multi-author and multi-volume works	p. 294
Books with more than one author	p. 294
Works in more than one volume	p. 302
Science and mathematics books	p. 307
General points	p. 309
Nomenclature	p. 312
Units	p. 322
Astronomy	p. 324
Biology	p. 328
Chemistry	p. 333
Computing	p. 336
Geology	p. 343
Medicine	p. 344
References	p. 347
Other special subjects	p. 350
Classical books	p. 350
Books on law	p. 360
Music	p. 376
Reprints and new editions	p. 390
Reprints	p. 390
New editions	p. 392
Preliminary pages	p. 394
Illustrations	p. 398
Permissions	p. 399
On-screen editing	p. 400
Introduction	p. 400
Process	p. 404
File transfer	p. 410
Health and safety concerns	p. 417
Software tools	p. 418
Other types of on-screen editing	p. 424
Checklist for on-screen editing	p. 427
Appendixes
Checklist of copy-editing	p. 432
General	p. 432
House style	p. 434
Preliminary pages	p. 436
Running heads	p. 439
Subheadings	p. 439
Footnotes and endnotes	p. 440
Tables	p. 440
Numbered or unnumbered lists	p. 441
Other tabulated material	p. 442
Appendixes	p. 442
Glossary	p. 442
Index	p. 442
Bibliographical references	p. 443
Literary material	p. 444
Science and mathematics	p. 445
Illustrations	p. 447
Reprints	p. 448
New editions	p. 449
Proof stage	p. 449
Book sizes	p. 453
Abbreviations for states in the USA	p. 454
Phonetic symbols	p. 456
The Russian alphabet	p. 457
Old English and Middle English letters	p. 458
French and German bibliographical terms and abbreviations	p. 459
Mathematical symbols	p. 462
Hebrew	p. 466
Arabic	p. 470
Islamic, Chinese, Japanese and French Revolutionary calendars	p. 475
Countries of the former USSR, Baltic states and former Yugoslavia	p. 478
Proof correction symbols	p. 479
How to check that an ISBN is correct	p. 484
Glossary	p. 485
Select bibliography and other resources	p. 507
Index	p. 510
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Butcher's Copy-editing

The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Copy-editors and Proofreaders

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